Coasting, balance, fire and guts: Six career mistakes you’ll live to regret December 29, 2016 The New Year is a time when many of us make grandiose promises to ourselves and others about our life aspirations. When it comes to your career, making a decision to shake things up can be just the ticket and provide the impetus to achieve career aspirations. Read more: Eight podcasts to make you better at your [...]
Freezing fog and ice: Drivers told to take extra care and airports warn of delays December 29, 2016 Drivers are being urged to be wary of lingering freezing fog as temperatures plummeted following a relatively mild weekend. Visibility across London, eastern England, the Midlands and Wales could be less than 100 metres. And combined with temperatures falling below freezing, the Met Office said people hitting the roads should be careful of untreated surfaces. "Driving [...]
From Brexit to Trump, interest rates to the steel crisis, these are the pictures that defined business in 2016 December 28, 2016 Let's face it, a lot's happened this year. 2016 was the year that brought us surprise, seismic political changes, pushed commodities markets through yet more turbulence and took down another stalwart of the British high street. @afneil If you're at a Quiz in the future and the question starts 'Which year did . . ' [...]
The City could soon get a £5m “ring of steel” to protect it from vehicle-based terror December 24, 2016 A £5m "ring of steel" surrounding London's Square Mile could be installed to protect the City from terrorist attacks. Measures including manned checkpoints, rising steel bollards and crash-proof barricades has been proposed by Canada Corporation on the advice of Mi5 and counter-terrorism police. The proposed security ring will surround Liverpool Street, the [...]
Brexit, six months on: City leader demands government allays uncertainty in the Square Mile December 23, 2016 Doesn't time fly? Just six months ago half the nation was celebrating the Britain's decision to unshackle itself from the EU, while the other half had that knot in the pit-in-the-stomach feeling. The good news so far is the sky hasn't fallen in. And this was after 2016 continued to shock and surprise us from a [...]
RMT confirms Tube station staff strike dates – workers will walkout on 8-9 January 2017 December 22, 2016 The RMT union has confirmed that London Tube station staff will go on strike on the 8 and 9 January 2017. The union balloted over 3,000 members in November over the possibility of industrial action, with 85 per cent voting for strike action and 94 per cent for action short of a strike in the ballot. Workers are striking [...]
RMT’s Great Western Rail strike will go ahead tomorrow December 22, 2016 A Great Western Railway (GWR) workers' strike will go ahead tomorrow, the RMT union confirmed today. RMT members who are cleaners on the rail network will take industrial action over "serious bullying, claims of discrimination and poverty working conditions" on the GWR train cleaning contract operated by Servest UK. Members have been instructed not to book on for [...]
Sadiq Khan announces business representatives for 40,000 job Royal Docks development December 22, 2016 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has unveiled the strategy leaders for a major business enterprise zone in east London’s Royal Docks. Business representatives will include executives from Deloitte and Land Securities in the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone as part of the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP). The development is planned to create 40,000 jobs and [...]
Storm Barbara to batter the UK threatening Christmas travel plans December 22, 2016 The great Christmas getaway is under threat as 90mph winds are forecast to hit the UK just as the festive season commences. The Met Office has warned Storm Barbara will bring "severe or hazardous weather" to the Grampian and Highland regions of Scotland. Many parts of southern England were blanketed in fog earlier this morning. Together [...]
Tower Bridge will reopen today – ahead of schedule December 22, 2016 Tower Bridge is to reopen at noon today, after a three-month closure to traffic for maintenance work. Canada Corporation originally planned to reopen the iconic bridge on New Year's Eve, but said that "due to favourable weather conditions and well organised planning, management, and project execution, the extensive refurbishment works were able [...]
